its4fun
4th Mar '07 Sun, 11:43
Dear Fellow Filipino,
Good day to all of you! Before I begin my letter...
just a disclaimer, for
people who know me they know that I love the
Philippines very much and I am
not really one who rants and complaints to high
heavens about what is
happening to our country and does nothing about it, in
fact, I feel that at
my relatively young age of 27, I have done much
service to the Philippines
by setting up Pathways to Higher Education which has
sent more than 500
poor but deserving students to college and AHON
Foundation which has
already built two public elementary school libraries
that have benefitted
more than 3,500 students. Yet, after seeing how events
in our nation have
transpired the past few weeks and talking with some
friends, I feel the
urge to share with you my own thoughts and feelings.
Over the weekend, we saw the completion of two major
political alliances
for this coming Senate Elections that has just began
here in the
Philippines . Now we have two political forces with
familiar faces
nonetheless on opposite sides of the fences. On one
end, you have Tito
Sotto and Tessie Aquino-Oreta who were two major
stalwarts of the
opposition and the FPJ Campaign in 2004 hobnobbing
with the woman (Pres.
GMA) whom they claimed to have cheated FPJ in the last
Presidential
Elections.On the other side of the fence, you see
Manny Villar, the former
house speaker who was actually responsible for
impeaching Erap now part of
the United Opposition who is led by no less than...
Erap himself. Now if
you don't see anything wrong with this picture then
you must be one of the
many Filipinos who have accepted this very sad reality
that there is indeed
no permanent ideals that our government leaders stand
up for but rather
they just go where there self-interests can best be
served. It is this kind
of politics why I no longer wonder why good people
like Ramon Magsaysay
Awardee Mayor Jesse Robredo of Naga City or
outstanding Bulacan Governor
Josie Dela Cruz will find it hard or worse, never be
elected to national
positions.
It is with these in mind that I'd like to share with
you what are events
this coming May elections that will make me consider
leaving the
Philippines :
1.) If former COMELEC Commissioner Virgilio Garcillano
of Hello Garci fame
wins in his bid to become Congressman of
Bukidnon...seeking to replace a
good man no less in incumbent Cong. Neric Acosta... We
would really be the
laughing stock of the whole world if we allow a man
with the rep*t*tion of
Garci to be one of our so called "Honorable
Gentlemen".
2.) If Dancing Queen Tessie Aquino Oreta reclaims her
seat at the Senate...
I hope that all of us would still remember that dance
that she did during
the 2001 impeachment hearings after they voted to
overrule the decision of
then Chief Justice Davide... let us make sure that
people like her never
make it to the Senate again.
3.) If Richard Gomez becomes a senator... what does he
know about making
laws? We already have the likes of Bong Revilla and
Lito Lapid in the
Senate and their performance or lack of it would be
reason enough not to
elect another actor who has no prior experience in
government to the
distinguished halls of the Senate.
4.) If Gringo Honasan wins again.... have we not
learned our lesson? I
cannot believe that just because someone is
charismatic then we will just
elect him to become one of our senators despite the
fact that he has time
and again caused so much instability in our country...
if we want a
military junta similar to that of Thailand ... then
lets all vote for this
guy....
5.) If Manny Pacquiao becomes Congressman of General
Santos City...
everybody loves Manny the Boxing Champ but Manny the
Lawmaker? Lets be
realistic here, Manny is our Hero alright but I think
it takes more than
just great boxing skills and a desire to serve to be
able to make
appropriate laws that would help uplift the lives of
the many Filipinos who
live in Poverty.
6.) If Lito Lapid wins for Mayor of Makati City... I
don't like Jojo Binay
as well but Lito Lapid as city mayor of the country's
finance and business
center?!?! And do you really think he is from Makati
and has good plans for
the city? The Arroyos asking someone like him to run
just goes to show you
how much love and concern this government has for our
country.
7.) If Chavit Singson becomes a Senator, Illegal
Gambling = Chavit...
enough said.
Now if all of these 7 things happen during this coming
elections then don't
be surprised if I decide to leave this country that I
love dearly. Like I
said during the first part of my letter, I feel that I
have done much for
this country but I think its time that Filipinos
become more vigilant and
critical in selecting our leaders for the sake of our
future and the
generations that will go beyond us. So I appeal to
every Filipino who asks
what can I actually do for my country... Choose and
vote for the right
people this coming elections, huwag na tayong
magpaloko sa mga kandidatong
maganda lang ang jingle o gwapo lang sa mga poster.
Let us choose leaders
who have a good track record for service and who are
genuinely committed
towards serving our country.
Manindigan naman tayong lahat para sa ating
Kinabukasan at para sa
Kapakanan ng ating Bayan!
Thank you very much for your time in reading this
letter.
Sincerely,
LEOMAR V. SORIA
Eto ung original version nun na kumakalat sa emails!
Your opinion?
Good day to all of you! Before I begin my letter...
just a disclaimer, for
people who know me they know that I love the
Philippines very much and I am
not really one who rants and complaints to high
heavens about what is
happening to our country and does nothing about it, in
fact, I feel that at
my relatively young age of 27, I have done much
service to the Philippines
by setting up Pathways to Higher Education which has
sent more than 500
poor but deserving students to college and AHON
Foundation which has
already built two public elementary school libraries
that have benefitted
more than 3,500 students. Yet, after seeing how events
in our nation have
transpired the past few weeks and talking with some
friends, I feel the
urge to share with you my own thoughts and feelings.
Over the weekend, we saw the completion of two major
political alliances
for this coming Senate Elections that has just began
here in the
Philippines . Now we have two political forces with
familiar faces
nonetheless on opposite sides of the fences. On one
end, you have Tito
Sotto and Tessie Aquino-Oreta who were two major
stalwarts of the
opposition and the FPJ Campaign in 2004 hobnobbing
with the woman (Pres.
GMA) whom they claimed to have cheated FPJ in the last
Presidential
Elections.On the other side of the fence, you see
Manny Villar, the former
house speaker who was actually responsible for
impeaching Erap now part of
the United Opposition who is led by no less than...
Erap himself. Now if
you don't see anything wrong with this picture then
you must be one of the
many Filipinos who have accepted this very sad reality
that there is indeed
no permanent ideals that our government leaders stand
up for but rather
they just go where there self-interests can best be
served. It is this kind
of politics why I no longer wonder why good people
like Ramon Magsaysay
Awardee Mayor Jesse Robredo of Naga City or
outstanding Bulacan Governor
Josie Dela Cruz will find it hard or worse, never be
elected to national
positions.
It is with these in mind that I'd like to share with
you what are events
this coming May elections that will make me consider
leaving the
Philippines :
1.) If former COMELEC Commissioner Virgilio Garcillano
of Hello Garci fame
wins in his bid to become Congressman of
Bukidnon...seeking to replace a
good man no less in incumbent Cong. Neric Acosta... We
would really be the
laughing stock of the whole world if we allow a man
with the rep*t*tion of
Garci to be one of our so called "Honorable
Gentlemen".
2.) If Dancing Queen Tessie Aquino Oreta reclaims her
seat at the Senate...
I hope that all of us would still remember that dance
that she did during
the 2001 impeachment hearings after they voted to
overrule the decision of
then Chief Justice Davide... let us make sure that
people like her never
make it to the Senate again.
3.) If Richard Gomez becomes a senator... what does he
know about making
laws? We already have the likes of Bong Revilla and
Lito Lapid in the
Senate and their performance or lack of it would be
reason enough not to
elect another actor who has no prior experience in
government to the
distinguished halls of the Senate.
4.) If Gringo Honasan wins again.... have we not
learned our lesson? I
cannot believe that just because someone is
charismatic then we will just
elect him to become one of our senators despite the
fact that he has time
and again caused so much instability in our country...
if we want a
military junta similar to that of Thailand ... then
lets all vote for this
guy....
5.) If Manny Pacquiao becomes Congressman of General
Santos City...
everybody loves Manny the Boxing Champ but Manny the
Lawmaker? Lets be
realistic here, Manny is our Hero alright but I think
it takes more than
just great boxing skills and a desire to serve to be
able to make
appropriate laws that would help uplift the lives of
the many Filipinos who
live in Poverty.
6.) If Lito Lapid wins for Mayor of Makati City... I
don't like Jojo Binay
as well but Lito Lapid as city mayor of the country's
finance and business
center?!?! And do you really think he is from Makati
and has good plans for
the city? The Arroyos asking someone like him to run
just goes to show you
how much love and concern this government has for our
country.
7.) If Chavit Singson becomes a Senator, Illegal
Gambling = Chavit...
enough said.
Now if all of these 7 things happen during this coming
elections then don't
be surprised if I decide to leave this country that I
love dearly. Like I
said during the first part of my letter, I feel that I
have done much for
this country but I think its time that Filipinos
become more vigilant and
critical in selecting our leaders for the sake of our
future and the
generations that will go beyond us. So I appeal to
every Filipino who asks
what can I actually do for my country... Choose and
vote for the right
people this coming elections, huwag na tayong
magpaloko sa mga kandidatong
maganda lang ang jingle o gwapo lang sa mga poster.
Let us choose leaders
who have a good track record for service and who are
genuinely committed
towards serving our country.
Manindigan naman tayong lahat para sa ating
Kinabukasan at para sa
Kapakanan ng ating Bayan!
Thank you very much for your time in reading this
letter.
Sincerely,
LEOMAR V. SORIA
Eto ung original version nun na kumakalat sa emails!
Your opinion?